This series includes RX path improvement built around backlog processing
The main goals are improving the RX performances _and_ increase the
long term maintainability.
Patch 1 and 2 refactor the memory account logic in the RX path, so that
the msk don't need anymore to do fwd allocation, removing possible drop
sources.
Patch 3 and 4 cope with backlog processing. Patch 3 introduces the
helpers needed to manipulate the msk-level backlog, and the data struct
itself, without any actual functional change. Patch 4 finally use the
backlog for RX skb processing. Note that MPTCP can't use the sk_backlog,
as the mptcp release callback can also release and re-acquire the
msk-level spinlock and core backlog processing works under the
assumption that such event is not possible.
A relevant point is memory accounts for skbs in the backlog.
It's somewhat "original" due to MPTCP constraints. Such skbs use space
from the incoming subflow receive buffer, but are fwd memory accounted
on the msk, using memory borrowed by the subflow.
Instead the msk borrows memory from the subflow and reserve it for
the backlog - see patch 2 and 4 for the gory details.
Paolo Abeni (4):
mptcp: handle first subflow closing consistently
mptcp: borrow forward memory from subflow
mptcp: introduce mptcp-level backlog
mptcp: leverage the backlog for RX packet processing
net/mptcp/fastopen.c | 4 +-
net/mptcp/mib.c | 1 -
net/mptcp/mib.h | 1 -
net/mptcp/mptcp_diag.c | 3 +-
net/mptcp/protocol.c | 231 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
net/mptcp/protocol.h | 40 ++++++-
6 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
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2.51.0